I wonder if Mr. Gray and his team would kindly move Legends to the end of the month, it always clashes with the Tour de France on TV

….or they could change the Tour de France 🙂

Oh and it is Mr Grey!

People I have talked to were left with the impression that the Prius had hulking great batteries that needed to be dumped into landfill every two years and then replaced.

This just a blatant lie, or at best ‘making stuff up because the truth doesn’t support your prejudice’

As of March 2008 over 1 million Prius of both varieties had been sold.

At the purpose built recycling plant, constructed BEFORE the first Prius was sold to the public, less than 100 consumers batteries had been recycled by Spring 2007. (I’m sorry I have no more up to date figures.)

Some Prius are now up around 250,000 miles on the original batteries.

What was broadcast was a simple lie.

Well, and bear in mind I’ve now been to the pub (supporting local produce ie Adnams) and then opened a bottle of French wine (supporting Europe) my attention may be a little blurred. Anyway, no mention of batteries being dumped after two years. Plenty of sensible comments that dumping your existing car isn’t sensible but that changing your driving style is. Also the fact that the batteries are manufactured in China a country with interesting views on environmental controls from Nickel exported from Canada (quite a way from China). The Recycling plant bit really is a distraction. Because this is generally to meet the various countries they market to legislation rather than because they think it is a good thing 🙂

If any else watched the repeat tonight and found a two years battery life comment sorry I missed it.

Comparing MPG performance on a racetrack with a three series is a bit like comparing the shopping bag capacity of a three series and a F1 Williams on the run to Tesco. Pointless and irrelevant.

Not really

Like the Air Conditioning scenario, people don’t drive cars economicly, they drive with time as the prime factor. I believe you live near Bury St Edmunds – the A14 is a prime demonstrator of this fact. TG made this point with M3 – Prius test possibly as a joke against the audience as much as the Prius acolytes. I have driven in a Prius, A Skoda Diesel over similar routes and the external factors on economy make the Prius a marketing exercise , nothing more.

Moggy I note you choose to ignore the catalytic convertor and primary production issues of the Prius.

An English inventor has now invented a CO2 sponge which will absorb CO2 from a cars emissions, These can then be recycled into an oil substitute. Far more satisfactory than electro-hybrid cars.

Next a lesson on why the Co2 argument is myth put about by the Green Movement in Germany – first I must audition for Top Gear – hardcore 😉

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That would make sense as it was out of the hangar at Duxford on wednesday. Glad somebody else saw it!
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Which 18, which hangar?

Still curious, which 18?

So why a pm on an eta, after all the public money invested should this not be public information or am I not “in the know”

Of course if you are quick you could get a ticket for the Friends of TFC event in March and ask those on hand as is outlined here:

http://fighter-collection.com/pages.php

Along with some pics of the wings being attached 🙂

Some nice photos, i was there yesterday as well but all the kids ruined the day with the is that a spitfire? questions

They are the next generation of volunteers, restorers, collectors – to be encouraged not derided.

at least they were at Duxford and not Alton Towers

As the devt of the mr3 shack resulted in a cracked mainspar and hence earlier retirement of the mr3 than mr2 then nomad as outboard unlikely really

but wdik